Trench Life According to Soldiers Rather than Official Accounts

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Trench Life According to Soldiers Rather than Official Accounts Trench warfare was a viscous and violent way to fight a war. In World War 1 there were over 600 kilometres of trenches that separated East and West Europe between Belgium and France. They were started by the Germans who dug them for protection after their defeat at Marne by Britain and France. Both sides kept on digging and digging their trenches to stop the other side form outflanking them. The trenches grew and the western front was formed. This place is where the most horrific battles occurred in the First World War. The trenches became soldier's homes as well as their protection. This essay is going to look at many sources form many different places and will try to answer the question "Did the Soldiers Themselves, Give a more Accurate Picture of Trench Life than Official Accounts?" It is my hope that by the end of the essay I will be able to come to an accurate answer to this question by using sources I have studied. In section A the sources are mainly from history textbooks of the 20th Century. I will first look at these sources because they should be accurate and reliable, they should be able to provide reliable information for me to base the other sources on. I will compare and contrast the sources form section A to other sources to help me get a more balanced, accurate view. Section B includes the official accounts of the war. These include photos, painting and adverts. From these sources I should be able to get an accurate view of what the war was portrayed to be like by officials. When looking at these sources I must be careful that they are not biased or inaccurate. I will also be able to compare these sources to other sources I have already looked at. In section C the sources are the soldiers accounts of life in the trenches. I think many of these sources will be exaggerated so I must acknowledge that when I study these sources.

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